After having spent a long while admiring the château and its magnificent reflection in the lake that stretches before you, you can imitate Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection, and move slowly forwards towards the gilt frame to gaze, enthralled, upon your own reflection.

Doubtless intoxicated by the heady odour of the boxwood, you take the time to sit on the little iron bench set to the left, to reflect and meditate upon the sin of pride.

Has it been possible to pierce the gentle reflection of the clouds?

Has it been possible to cross to the other side of the mirror, to go beyond appearances?

Has it been possible to see the fragile garden hidden underwater, under delicate water plants?

Carlotta Montefoschi practices her profession in Rome. A graduate of the Università di Roma "La Sapienza", she carries out her research on the relationship between built places and the natural environment.

Niccolò Cau currently works between Italy and Chile. A graduate of the Università di Roma "La Sapienza", he is concerned, among other things, with aspects of the landscape, its usage and its organisation, even on a territorial level.

Maria Cecilia Villanis Ziani is a doctor of law. Since 1977, she has carried out projects creating and maintaining green spaces, developing her skills by working in the field, alone or as part of a group, with architects and engineers.

Ricardo Walker Campos is a landscaper and a graduate of the "John Brookes School of Garden Design". In 1993 he founded the Los Boldos nursery in Panguipulli, Valvidivia province in Chile. He continues to carry out research on the ornamental use of plants native to southern Latin America.

Francesca Romana Guarnaschelli is a photographer. A graduate of the I.E.D, (Istituto Europeo di Design), she has exhibited her work in various personal and collective exhibitions. In particular, the exhibition "Promessa Terra" organised as part of the "FOTOGRAFIA – XII Festival Internazionale di Roma" in 2013.

Francesco Jacques Dias and Luigi Rebecchini, who trained à l'Università di Roma Tre, are both architects and artisans at the same time. They design and create small and large scale installations using different technology.

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The Domain of Chaumont-sur-Loire

Aquired by the Centre-Val de Loire Region in 2007, The Domain of Chaumont-sur-Loire has become an unmissable site within the spheres of art and gardens. The triple identity of the Domaine : Heritage, art and gardens make for a unique visit within the circuit of the Loire Valley castles